Hello, New to Forum.

[Watermom]

I had made myself a mental note to pull up this thread and check on you this morning and then lo and behold, when I was in the mod queue a few minutes ago, there was a post from you. You beat me to it.

Here is that OTO color chart again to help you decipher those off the scale colors: http://pool9.net/oto-chart/

You are right about the 'guess-strips' and CYA readings. Hopefully, your K2006 will arrive soon so you can get some good accurate readings.

Keep up the good work!

[mcbdz]

Thanks so much. Just checked Amazon and looks like the test kit is still being processed and estimated delivered 6/9 and filters 6/10. Boy are they slow. That sucks. Skipped dichlor last night and this morning OTO =between 3and 5 so 4 i guess and pH= 7.4. Looks like the pH is kid of stable? will recheck OTO tonight. I do have a tree half over the pool and the debris is a big pain in the patootie but, luckily I'm getting it clean enough everyday to not have a swamp. :O). We are getting lots of use so getting our moneys worth :O) thanks again.

[Watermom]

Thanks so much. Just checked Amazon and looks like the test kit is still being processed and estimated delivered 6/9 and filters 6/10. Boy are they slow.

Not if you are an Amazon Prime member. It is $99 per year to join but then, your orders arrive within 2 days with free shipping. My membership pays for itself in no time since shipping charges on orders I place over a year's time are probably much higher than that. Plus, I am not patient; when I order something, I want it yesterday!

[PoolDoc]

Unfortunately, this is peak period for pool product orders. (p-p-phut! My almost evil alliteration affliction has arched its awful head. )

[mcbdz]

OK, finally got my Taylor K-2006 kit in. Here's the results. FC-10, CC-0,pH-7.4, TA-160 and CYA is 70 which really surprised me. OK what do I do know?

[Watermom]

Your numbers look pretty good. Your TA is a little high but shouldn't be an issue. But, if you want to try and drop it a little here are the directions for doing so. http://pool9.net/muriatic/ AND http://pool9.net/alk-step

How does your water look?

[PoolDoc]

With CYA = 70, you probably want to switch to chlorinating mostly with bleach.